The Elizabeth Murray Artist Residency (EMAR) program by Collar Works is designed to provide a diverse group of emerging and established artists an immersive, supportive, productive, and communal atmosphere for art-making and dialogue on a bucolic 77-acre farm in Washington County.

The residency program aims to create opportunities for artists to take risks and develop new work across many art forms, primarily visual and literary arts, while engaging in meaningful dialogue with fellow residents and arts professionals.

Elizabeth Murray believed that each person deserves an opportunity to make their art and for their art to be visible on equal platforms. Our residency program responds to the critical needs of emerging artists and artists as parents, while striving to build a program that reflects the rich cultural environment of today through an active commitment to diversity, equity, accessibility, and inclusion.